hwón-líce
Little ⬩ slightly
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Mid ðære sceall seó sáwul ealle þing gemætegian ðæt hit tó swíðe ne sý ne tó hwónlíce therewith shall the soul moderate all things, that there be not error by excess or by defect, 1, 162. Hwónlícor minus, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 40, 47.
HÝF
A HIVE
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Wið ðæt beón æt ne fleón genim ðás ylcan wyrte ðe wé veneriam nemdon and gehóh tó ðære hýfe ðonne beóþ hý wungynde that bees may not fly away, take this same plant that we called veneria and hang it to the hive, then will they be stationary, Herb. 7,
ísen-ordál
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The passages from which the following extracts are taken will illustrate this mode of trial Gif hit sý ýsenordál beón þreó niht ǽr man ða hand undó if it be the ordeal by hot iron, let it be three days before the hand be undone, L.
Linked entry: or-dál
þreá-níd
Force or compulsion that punishes or causes misery ⬩ affliction that comes from punishment
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Force or compulsion that punishes or causes misery, affliction that comes from punishment Ic hit leng ne mæg helan for hungre; is ðes hæft tó ðan strang, þreánýd ðæs þearl this imprisonment is so hard, so severe the pain of my punishment, Elen.
be-hát
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Gif hé þis behát ábrycð, 99, 21. Behát ( vota ) wé tólésan þé, Hy. S. 7, 27. Ic ágylde þé behát ( vota ) mín, Ps. Spl. 65, 12. Gode man sceal dón þá betstan behát, Hml.
blind-nes
obscurity
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Eal þis mennisce cyn wæs on blindnesse, seoþþan þá ǽrestan men ásceofene wǽron of gefeán neorxna wanges, 17, 14. Ðá inran þeóstru sind þæs módes blindnyssa wiðinnan, Hml.
be-pǽcan
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Þis líf bepiǽcð þá ðe hit lufiaþ, 5, 65: Angl. viii. 330, 3. Sé ðe bepǽhð ǽnne Godes þeówena, Hml. Th. i. 516, 20. Þonne hí bepǽcaþ cum pellexerini, An. Ox. 3929. Wǽgde vel bepǽhte fefellit, i. delusit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 148, 27.
ge-mǽnan
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Þæt þǽr ǽnig mon wordum ne worcum wǽre ne brǽce, ne þurb inwitsearo ǽfre gemǽnden, þeáh hié hire beággyfan banan folgedon (though they were following the slayer of their lord, this was not to be mentioned with the malicious intent of provoking quarrels
geómor
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Ic þis giedd wrece bi mé ful geómorre, Kl. 1. <b>I a.</b> sad of soul, at heart :-- Hé módes geómor meregrund gefeóll, B. 2100. <b>I b.
hédan
to have a care for ⬩ take notice of ⬩ to care for ⬩ take notice of ⬩ to take care that ⬩ to observe ⬩ take note of
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Gelamp hit ꝥ sume hlosniende menn ðǽr betweónan eódon and þisra seofona georne héddon, 137
bred
A surface, plank, board, table, tablet ⬩ superficies, tabula, tabella
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A surface, plank, board, table, tablet; superficies, tabula, tabella Ðisse eorþan ymbhwyrft is, wið ðone heofon to mettanne, swilce án lytel pricu on brádan brede the circumference of this earth is, compared with the heaven, like a little point on a
Linked entry: brega
hát
Hot, fervent, fervid, fierce [of pain, punishment, etc.] ⬩ a fever
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Ðeós wyrt byþ cenned on hátum stówum this plant is produced in hot places, Herb. 115, 1; Lchdm. i. 228, 6. Hé háte lét teáras geótan he let hot tears gush forth, Exon. 48 a; Th. 165, 14; Gú. 1029.
ge-swinc
Labour ⬩ exercise ⬩ inconvenience ⬩ fatigue ⬩ trouble ⬩ affliction ⬩ tribulation ⬩ torment ⬩ temptation ⬩ banishment ⬩ lăbor ⬩ exercĭtātio ⬩ incommŏdum ⬩ afflictio ⬩ trībŭlātio ⬩ tentātio ⬩ exsĭlium
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Ðú eall þing birest búton geswince thou bearest all things without labour, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 553; Met. 20, 277: Chr. 1016; Erl. 155, 3. On geswince in exercĭtātiōne, Ps. Spl. 54, 2.
ge-þafa
A favourer ⬩ supporter ⬩ helper ⬩ assenter ⬩ consenter ⬩ fautor ⬩ adjūtor
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Hwí ne eart ðú his geþafa why art thou not an assenter to this? Bt. 26, 2; Fox 92, 13: L. De Cf. 7; Th. ii, 262, 30. Ic eom geþafa I am convinced, I am an assenter, Bt. 35, 2; Fox 156, 13: 36, 5; Fox, 180, 16: 38, 2; Fox 196, 16.
scild-burh
a battle-array in which men stood shield to shield ⬩ a city which affords protection ⬩ a city of refuge
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When this arrangement is abandoned, they are said 'bregða skjaldborginni,' c. 95] Wearð scyldburh tóbrocen, Byrht. Th. 138, 56: By. 242. Hæleþ higerófe scildburh scǽron, Judth.
Linked entries: bord-haga scild-weall
Sicilie
The Sicilians ⬩ the people of Sicily ⬩ Sicily
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[In this sense the Latin form also occurs:
giddian
To sing ⬩ recite ⬩ speak
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Se wísdóm geoddode ðus wisdom recited this song, Bt. 12; Fox 36, 6: Bt. Met. Fox 1, 168; Met. 1, 84. Wíga gyddode Beówulf maðelode the warrior spake, Beowulf said, Beo. Th. 1264: B. 630; Cd. 97; Th. 127, 6; Gen. 2106.
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GREÁT
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Tú hund greátes hláfes and þridde smales two hundred great loaves and a third of small, Th. Chart. 158, 25. God him send ufan greáte hagolstánas God cast down upon them great hailstones, Jos. 10, 11: Cd. 19; Th. 24, 27; Gen. 384.
ge-rád
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Ꝥ se sceáwre wite mid fullum geráde þe þis gewrit áspyrað, 331, 1. Ic myngige þæne þe þis wilnað mid geráde áspyrian, 299, 3.
fæger
fair ⬩ desirable ⬩ handsome ⬩ fair ⬩ plausible ⬩ fair ⬩ pleasant
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Ðá eáran wǽron hræde tó gehýrenne fægere dreámas, Wlfst. 148, 2. fair, desirable, handsome (of amount) Þín méd is on mé fæger, Hml. A. 167, 99.